Love at First Novel by Gu Lingfei

"Yeah, no way. Absolutely impossible!"

The two receptionists still refused to believe the gossip article.

Even the report itself wasn't definitive—it was just speculation and overanalysis

from the media, not based on confirmed facts.

Not only did the receptionists see the article, but everyone else did, too.

Still, it was mostly people from Yantail and the Lafond Group who clicked on it. Regular folks who weren't interested in entertainment gossip either skimmed past it or deleted the notification.

in both companies. Anyone who knew River and Romina personally

her call while pulling out his chair and

tone, he said, "Good morning, Romina. You calling me this early- are you just too excited

the gossip article?" Feigning confusion, River replied, “What article? I usually turn off push notifications. If I want to read news, I'll look for it myself.

other and went shopping for a while-when I brought your niece to the toy store. Didn't your temp bodyguard tell you someone was taking photos? You said you handled it and made them delete the pictures. So how are photos still being posted online? And now people think we're secretly married

friend who saw the article and called her, asking when she got married-and why she hadn't said

years and even had two kids, the oldest

was bombarded with accusations and scolded for keeping such a big secret. She felt

hiding anything-but her friend didn't believe her. The photos were there, after all. And they looked too convincing- River and Romina walking together, smiling, laughing,

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